Experience quiet living in the hills of Santiago, Lo Barnechea, Chile

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  Description

  I’m building a small pizzeria in the hills of Santiago, in El Arrayán. The place is an old house with around 2 000 m² of land. The help is practical and varied: gardening, cutting and stacking wood, general maintenance, and helping keep the property in order.
  
  At the moment there is no staff; it’s just me running the project and making the pizzas. I live alone on the property with my dog. There is a second house on the land that will be rented later this year, but for now the place is quiet and focused on work.
  
  I lived in Europe for 12 years and did Workaway myself in Bolivia and Ecuador. I had very good experiences and try to offer the same: clear tasks, autonomy, and a calm working environment rather than a touristic one. There are 2 pianos, 3 guitars and a trombon in the house, ideally you can play one of them.
  
  I do workaway because I genuinely like working alongside people, not because I need cheap labor. In exchange for 4–5 hours a day, 5 days a week, I offer a real double bed, three meals a day cooked with care — Maldon salt, natural wines, home-roasted coffee, and one pizza night a week from the wood oven, I'm starting to bake bread as well. I'm not running a hostel and this isn't a pasta-and-sauce situation, so if you are not into food this is probably not your place.
  
  What I'm looking for is someone who works like a professional even when the task is pulling weeds. Some of it is physical and repetitive. Some of it needs real judgment. I'll match you to what you're good at
  
  Tell me what you've built, grown, fixed, or made. That's the best way to introduce yourself.

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  Types of help and learning opportunities

  Gardening

  DIY and building projects

  Animal Care

  Creating/ Cooking family meals

  General Maintenance
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  Interests

  

  Events & social

  

  Cooking & food

  

  Gardening

  

  Plant care

  

  Carpentry

  

  Books

  

  Architecture

  

  Animals
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  UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve

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  Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

  While staying here you will experience a very particular kind of chilean life. You’ll be part of the everyday life of the place which means drinking coffee, working on whatever is needed that day, sharing meals, and once a week or so you’ll help in the small dinners and informal wine tastings I organize at home.
  
  I can teach you how I make pizza in a wood-fired oven, including dough fermentation and the different ferments I use alongside it, such as kimchi, vegetable ferments, and smoked cheeses like scamorza.
  
  I have a strong connection to Chilean terroir that I would like to share with you. I work with local vegetables, seasonal products, and wines from small producers, especially natural wines made by friends. I enjoy sharing what I’ve learned about Chilean wine regions, ingredients, and how they differ from the European canon.
  
  I don’t run this as an employer–employee setup. Workawayers are treated as part of a small team: tasks are clearly defined, autonomy is expected, and time outside work is respected. What I hope to learn from hosting visitors is their way of working, cooking, and seeing things differently — new techniques, habits, or perspectives that naturally come from sharing a place and a food for some time.

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  Help

  General maintenance, gardening, cooking.
  
  I need help in the garden cleaning weeds, installing water lines, seeding or harvesting depending on the season. Winter is for pruning and deep cleaning, spring seeding, summer harvest and care for the plants. I want to make a few stones pads and plant new trees/reproduce the ones I have.
  
  In the house I have a few projects going on, they all involve a fair bit of carpentry or construction (a new door here, getting rid of a wall there, clearning the mess after). I used to make string instruments, so have a great woodworking workshop.

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  Languages spoken

  English: Fluent
  Spanish: Fluent
  Italian: Fluent
  German: Intermediate
  French: Intermediate

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  Accommodation

  Your own room with a double bed, shared bathroom, and access to the shared areas of the house. Freshly brewed coffee is provided. 3 meals a day will be provided, with either lunch or dinner cooked by me. There is fresh ground coffee always at hand and you can light the pizza oven as often as you wish.

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  What else ...

  I'm 1km walking from public transport so it's best if you have your own car or don't mind the walking. Uber works perfectly here if you want to go to "the city".

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  A little more information

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    Internet access

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    Limited internet access

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    We have pets

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    We are smokers

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    Can host families

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  Can host digital nomads

  Haven't got yet to install internet, still working from my hotspot

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  Space for parking camper vans

  There's parking for 3 cars in my property

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  Can possibly accept pets

  I live with my dog Matón, and he's quite territorial, but has been nice with dogs of my friends. Cats not so much.

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  How many Workawayers can stay?

  Two

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  My animals / pets

  

  Matón (8 years)

  The real owner of the house

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